Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


msbelle - Nov 21, 2019 6:10:52 pm PST #13846 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

nevermind - addressed offline.


askye - Nov 21, 2019 6:15:49 pm PST #13847 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

It happens SJ. My nephew had mono and cor lost of the time he was sick my brother thought he was exaggerating or making it up to get our of school. My nephew would feel bad in the morning and them feel better later in the day, which turns out to be typical of mono. By the time E was diagnosed he was almost over mono.


Trudy Booth - Nov 21, 2019 6:35:33 pm PST #13848 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Gudanov! Thank you so much for checking in! I'm sorry everything is too much right now - it means a lot that you came by.

Amyth! I'm so sorry that you're going through this. I hope that should a time come when the weariness hits like a wave you'll remember how many people are thinking about you pretty much all the time and that gives you a little oomph for a second or two.


meara - Nov 21, 2019 6:42:07 pm PST #13849 of 30019

The government is trying to outlaw protests against climate change.

Wow! That is nuts.


JZ - Nov 21, 2019 7:05:40 pm PST #13850 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Buffistas one and Buffistas all, please enjoy this bit of glory: Middle English Wikipedia.


msbelle - Nov 21, 2019 7:07:39 pm PST #13851 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

sj, Kat, and Nora - thanks for the help. Resume and Cover letter off to another job.


Katerina Bee - Nov 21, 2019 7:21:48 pm PST #13852 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

Yay Sophia! I am so very pleased by your good news!


amyth - Nov 21, 2019 8:18:19 pm PST #13853 of 30019
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Epic: insent.

Sophia, I'm thrilled about all your news!

sj, so sorry about ltc. Hope she heals soon.

Glad to see your pixels, Gud, and yours too, bt.

Thanks, as always, for the kind words, everyone. It means so much. Had a great FaceTime session with my therapist today, which helped so much. If all goes well with my response to both this cycle and the next of chemo, there's a possibility I may be able to go home and be outpatient for two weeks between Dec. 5 and 20. Which depends on lots of factors and is approximate, but gives us all something to focus on.

My friends are postponing this year's Friends' Thanksgiving until I'm well. There's so much love and kindness and generosity in my life right now to help me through this, I'm overwhelmed.


javachik - Nov 21, 2019 8:42:26 pm PST #13854 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

I hate that it seems to usually occur around loss and trials and tribulations but I have to say I'm so heartened to see so many folks I haven't seen in these parts for far too long.

We need each other. Lettuce not forget this.


Shir - Nov 21, 2019 8:54:19 pm PST #13855 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

(skipped and skimmed, with apologies to anyone I might have missed)

Sophia, big yayyyyyyy! You're amazing.

Gud, lovely seeing your pixels. Please, please, please get help.

amyth, love, so much health~ma to you. Same goes to ltc, sj.

Middle English Wikipedia looks lovely. Sadly, can't read it. (I'm practicing a bit German and French for work related reasons, might have to re-practice Arabic soon for more work-related reasons, so I realistically can't add another language to the pile, but ohhh, I love languages!)